Habakkuk 3 #catechesis/bible/habakkuk
[!abstract] A prayer of Habacuc the Prophet for ignorances.
Book: Habakkuk · ← Habakkuk 2
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GR προσευχὴ Αμβακουμ τοῦ προφήτου μετὰ ᾠδῆς
LA Oratio Habacuc prophetæ, pro ignorantiis.
EN A prayer of Habacuc the Prophet for ignorances.
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[!note]- For ignorances…
That is, for the sins of his people. In the Hebrew, it is Sigionoth: which some take to signify a musical instrument, or tune; with which this sublime prayer and canticle was to be sung. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR κύριε εἰσακήκοα τὴν ἀκοήν σου καὶ ἐφοβήθην κατενόησα τὰ ἔργα σου καὶ ἐξέστην ἐν μέσῳ δύο ζῴων γνωσθήσῃ ἐν τῷ ἐγγίζειν τὰ ἔτη ἐπιγνωσθήσῃ ἐν τῷ παρεῖναι τὸν καιρὸν ἀναδειχθήσῃ ἐν τῷ ταραχθῆναι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐν ὀργῇ ἐλέους μνησθήσῃ
LA Domine, audivi auditionem tuam, et timui. Domine, opus tuum, in medio annorum vivifica illud; in medio annorum notum facies: cum iratus fueris, misericordiæ recordaberis.
EN O Lord, I have heard your hearing, and was afraid. O Lord, your work, in the midst of the years bring it to life: In the midst of the years you shall make it known: when you are angry, you will remember mercy.
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[!note]- Your work…
The great work of the redemption of man, which you will bring to life and light in the midst of the years, when our calamities and miseries shall be at their height. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ὁ θεὸς ἐκ Θαιμαν ἥξει καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἐξ ὄρους κατασκίου δασέος διάψαλμα ἐκάλυψεν οὐρανοὺς ἡ ἀρετὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἰνέσεως αὐτοῦ πλήρης ἡ γῆ
LA Deus ab austro veniet, et Sanctus de monte Pharan: operuit cælos gloria ejus, et laudis ejus plena est terra.
EN God will come from the south, and the holy one from mount Pharan: His glory covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise.
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GR καὶ φέγγος αὐτοῦ ὡς φῶς ἔσται κέρατα ἐν χερσὶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔθετο ἀγάπησιν κραταιὰν ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ
LA Splendor ejus ut lux erit, cornua in manibus ejus: ibi abscondita est fortitudo ejus.
EN His brightness shall be as the light: horns are in his hands: There is his strength hid:
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GR πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται λόγος καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἐν πεδίλοις οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ
LA Ante faciem ejus ibit mors, et egredietur diabolus ante pedes ejus.
EN Death shall go before his face. And the devil shall go forth before his feet.
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[!note]- Death shall go before his face, etc…
Both death and the devil shall be the executioners of his justice against his enemies: as they were heretofore against the Egyptians and Chanaanites. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἔστη καὶ ἐσαλεύθη ἡ γῆ ἐπέβλεψεν καὶ διετάκη ἔθνη διεθρύβη τὰ ὄρη βίᾳ ἐτάκησαν βουνοὶ αἰώνιοι
LA Stetit, et mensus est terram; aspexit, et dissolvit gentes, et contriti sunt montes sæculi: incurvati sunt colles mundi ab itineribus æternitatis ejus.
EN He stood and measured the earth. He beheld, and melted the nations: and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces. The hills of the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity.
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GR πορείας αἰωνίας αὐτοῦ ἀντὶ κόπων εἶδον σκηνώματα Αἰθιόπων πτοηθήσονται καὶ αἱ σκηναὶ γῆς Μαδιαμ
LA Pro iniquitate vidi tentoria Æthiopiæ; turbabuntur pelles terræ Madian.
EN I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled.
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[!note]- Ethiopia…
the land of the Blacks, and Madian, are here taken for the enemies of God and his people: who shall perish for their iniquity. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR μὴ ἐν ποταμοῖς ὠργίσθης κύριε ἢ ἐν ποταμοῖς ὁ θυμός σου ἢ ἐν θαλάσσῃ τὸ ὅρμημά σου ὅτι ἐπιβήσῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους σου καὶ ἡ ἱππασία σου σωτηρία
LA Numquid in fluminibus iratus es, Domine? aut in fluminibus furor tuus? vel in mari indignatio tua? Qui ascendes super equos tuos, et quadrigæ tuæ salvatio.
EN Were you angry, O Lord, with the rivers? Or was your wrath upon the rivers? Or your indignation in the sea? Who will ride upon your horses: and your chariots are salvation.
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GR ἐντείνων ἐντενεῖς τὸ τόξον σου ἐπὶ τὰ σκῆπτρα λέγει κύριος διάψαλμα ποταμῶν ῥαγήσεται γῆ
LA Suscitans suscitabis arcum tuum, juramenta tribubus quæ locutus es; fluvios scindes terræ.
EN You will surely take up your bow: according to the oaths which you have spoken to the tribes. You will divide the rivers of the earth.
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GR ὄψονταί σε καὶ ὠδινήσουσιν λαοί σκορπίζων ὕδατα πορείας αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν ἡ ἄβυσσος φωνὴν αὐτῆς ὕψος φαντασίας αὐτῆς
LA Viderunt te, et doluerunt montes; gurges aquarum transiit: dedit abyssus vocem suam; altitudo manus suas levavit.
EN The mountains saw you, and were grieved: the great body of waters passed away. The deep put forth its voice: the deep lifted up its hands.
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GR ἐπήρθη ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη ἔστη ἐν τῇ τάξει αὐτῆς εἰς φῶς βολίδες σου πορεύσονται εἰς φέγγος ἀστραπῆς ὅπλων σου
LA Sol et luna steterunt in habitaculo suo: in luce sagittarum tuarum ibunt, in splendore fulgurantis hastæ tuæ.
EN The sun and the moon stood still in their habitation, in the light of your arrows, they shall go in the brightness of your glittering spear.
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GR ἐν ἀπειλῇ ὀλιγώσεις γῆν καὶ ἐν θυμῷ κατάξεις ἔθνη
LA In fremitu conculcabis terram; in furore obstupefacies gentes.
EN In your anger you will tread the earth under foot: in your wrath you will astonish the nations.
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GR ἐξῆλθες εἰς σωτηρίαν λαοῦ σου τοῦ σῶσαι τοὺς χριστούς σου ἔβαλες εἰς κεφαλὰς ἀνόμων θάνατον ἐξήγειρας δεσμοὺς ἕως τραχήλου διάψαλμα
LA Egressus es in salutem populi tui, in salutem cum christo tuo: percussisti caput de domo impii, denudasti fundamentum ejus usque ad collum.
EN You went forth for the salvation of your people: for salvation with your Christ. You struck the head of the house of the wicked: you have laid bare his foundation even to the neck.
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[!note]- The head of the house of the wicked…
Such was Pharao heretofore: such shall Antichrist be hereafter. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR διέκοψας ἐν ἐκστάσει κεφαλὰς δυναστῶν σεισθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ διανοίξουσιν χαλινοὺς αὐτῶν ὡς ἔσθων πτωχὸς λάθρᾳ
LA Maledixisti sceptris ejus, capiti bellatorum ejus, venientibus ut turbo ad dispergendum me: exsultatio eorum, sicut ejus qui devorat pauperem in abscondito.
EN You have cursed his sceptres, the head of his warriors, them that came out as a whirlwind to scatter me. Their joy was like that of him that devours the poor man in secret.
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GR καὶ ἐπεβίβασας εἰς θάλασσαν τοὺς ἵππους σου ταράσσοντας ὕδωρ πολύ
LA Viam fecisti in mari equis tuis, in luto aquarum multarum.
EN You made a way in the sea for your horses, in the mud of many waters.
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[!note]- You made a way in the sea, etc…
To deliver thy people from the Egyptian bondage: and you shall work the like wonders in the spiritual way, to rescue the children of the church from their enemies. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR ἐφυλαξάμην καὶ ἐπτοήθη ἡ κοιλία μου ἀπὸ φωνῆς προσευχῆς χειλέων μου καὶ εἰσῆλθεν τρόμος εἰς τὰ ὀστᾶ μου καὶ ὑποκάτωθέν μου ἐταράχθη ἡ ἕξις μου ἀναπαύσομαι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως τοῦ ἀναβῆναι εἰς λαὸν παροικίας μου
LA Audivi, et conturbatus est venter meus; a voce contremuerunt labia mea. Ingrediatur putredo in ossibus meis, et subter me scateat: ut requiescam in die tribulationis, ut ascendam ad populum accinctum nostrum.
EN I have heard and my bowels were troubled: my lips trembled at the voice. Let rottenness enter into my bones, and swarm under me. That I may rest in the day of tribulation: that I may go up to our people that are girded.
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[!note]- That I may go up to our people, etc…
That I may join the happy company in the bosom of Abraham, that are girded, that is, prepared for their journey, by which they shall attend their Lord, when he shall ascend into heaven. To which high and happy place, my Jesus, that is, my Saviour, the great conqueror of death and hell, shall one day conduct me rejoicing and singing psalms of praise (verses 18 and 19). Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR διότι συκῆ οὐ καρποφορήσει καὶ οὐκ ἔσται γενήματα ἐν ταῖς ἀμπέλοις ψεύσεται ἔργον ἐλαίας καὶ τὰ πεδία οὐ ποιήσει βρῶσιν ἐξέλιπον ἀπὸ βρώσεως πρόβατα καὶ οὐχ ὑπάρχουσιν βόες ἐπὶ φάτναις
LA Ficus enim non florebit, et non erit germen in vineis; mentietur opus olivæ, et arva non afferent cibum: abscindetur de ovili pecus, et non erit armentum in præsepibus.
EN For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no spring in the vines. The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.
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GR ἐγὼ δὲ ἐν τῷ κυρίῳ ἀγαλλιάσομαι χαρήσομαι ἐπὶ τῷ θεῷ τῷ σωτῆρί μου
LA Ego autem in Domino gaudebo; et exsultabo in Deo Jesu meo.
EN But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I will joy in God my Jesus.
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GR κύριος ὁ θεὸς δύναμίς μου καὶ τάξει τοὺς πόδας μου εἰς συντέλειαν ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἐπιβιβᾷ με τοῦ νικῆσαι ἐν τῇ ᾠδῇ αὐτοῦ
LA Deus Dominus fortitudo mea, et ponet pedes meos quasi cervorum: et super excelsa mea deducet me victor in psalmis canentem.
EN The Lord God is my strength: and he will make my feet like the feet of harts: and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places singing psalms.
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[!note]- Thy hearing, etc…
That is, thy oracles, the great and wonderful things you have revealed to me; and I was struck with a reverential fear and awe. – Ibid. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- God will come from the south, etc…
God himself will come to give us his law, and to conduct us into the true land of promise: as heretofore he came from the South (in the Hebrew Theman) and from mount Pharan to give his law to his people in the desert (see Deuteronomy 33:2). Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Horns, etc…
That is, strength and power, which, by a Hebrew phrase, are called horns. Or beams of light, which come forth from his hands. Or it may allude to the cross, in the horns of which the hands of Christ were fastened, where his strength was hidden, by which he overcame the world, and drove out death and the devil. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- He beheld, etc…
One look of his eye is enough to melt all the nations, and to reduce them to nothing. For all heaven and earth disappear when they come before his light (Apocalypse 20:11. Ibid.) Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- The ancient mountains, etc…
By the mountains and hills are signified the great ones of the world, that persecute the church, whose power was quickly crushed by the Almighty. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- With the rivers, etc…
He alludes to the wonders wrought heretofore by the Lord in favour of his people Israel, when the waters of the rivers, viz., of Arnon and Jordan, and of the Red Sea, retired before their face: when he came as it were with his horses and chariots to save them when he took up his bow for their defence, in consequence of the oath he had made to their tribes: when the mountains trembled, and the deep stood with its waves raised up in a heap, as with hands lifted up to heaven: when the sun and the moon stood still at his command, etc., to comply with his anger, not against the rivers and sea, but against the enemies of his people. How much more will he do in favour of his Son: and against the enemies of his church? Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- I have heard, etc…
Viz., the evils that are now coming upon the Israelites for their sins; and that shall come hereafter upon all impenitent sinners; and the foresight that I have of these miseries makes me willing to die, that I may be at rest, before this general tribulation comes, in which all good things shall be withdrawn from the wicked. Ibid. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
